| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Diopside |
| Formula: | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Grossular | 81 |
| - var Chrome-bearing Grossular | 22 |
| - var Hessonite | 1 |
| Calcite | 20 |
| Millerite | 11 |
| Chromite | 5 |
| Quartz | 4 |
| Andradite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diopside data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (66 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 4534 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:4534:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Diopside |
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| 30.1km (18.7 miles) | ⓘSterrett mine, Saint-Cyr, Canton de Cleveland, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
| 41.5km (25.8 miles) | ⓘJeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
| 44.4km (27.6 miles) | ⓘMont Brome, Bromont, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
| 73.4km (45.6 miles) | ⓘMonadnock Mountain, Lemington, Essex County, Vermont, USA |
| 78.8km (49.0 miles) | ⓘBelvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont, USA |
| 81.0km (50.3 miles) | ⓘPoudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
| 87.5km (54.3 miles) | ⓘNormandie mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada |
| 90.4km (56.2 miles) | ⓘMine Lac d'Amiante (Lake Asbestos Mine; "LAB Mine"; "Black Lake Mine"), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada |
| 90.9km (56.5 miles) | ⓘCaribou pit (Caribou mine), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada |
| 91.5km (56.9 miles) | ⓘSt-Robert meteorite, Saint-Robert, Pierre-De Saurel RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
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Orford Nickel mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada